Satellite interferometric observations of displacements associated with seasonal groundwater in the Los Angeles basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Watson, Karen M ^a   Bock, Yehuda ^a   Sandwell, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning system (GPS); Groundwater seasonal deformation; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR); Los angeles basin; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; GROUNDWATER; SATELLITE DATA; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038347436     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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